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MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan – Marines learn about the weather local substation May 15 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The local substation is used to analyze weather conditions within a determined area. Meteorology and oceanology Marines use it to help determine the weather conditions such as wind speed and direction, cloud height and cloud coverage.

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